Last week I discussed how words have a powerful energy, and they affect how you feel and act. Words locked in your subconscious from childhood choose how you react to certain situations today.

The ZPoint Process communicates directly with your subconscious, and gently releases these sources of your unhappiness and stress.

You can also be contributing to your mood by talking negatively to yourself. Even if you think you don't talk to yourself - you do! The example in the photo of the woman who has a problem with her computer shows that she's frustrated. If she starts to say things like:

"You're so stupid, you always do it wrong.""Can't you remember what you were taught?""Now you'll never finish this job in time.""Look at how far behind you are."

She will be compounding how bad she feels, and the more the self-talk escalates, the more chaotic her thoughts become, and the less she will be able to think clearly to find a solution.

If you think it - you feel it . . . it really is that simple. The solution is also simple . . . when you practice ZPoint regularly, you become more peaceful and calm, because it puts you back in touch with your feelings. This allows you to recognize thoughts as they come into your mind, and filter out those that don't benefit you.

The first step is to notice you're criticizing yourself, and putting yourself down. Make a new habit of saying "Stop!" immediately. This breaks the cycle, and prevents the chain of thoughts from continuing in its old pattern.

The second step is to breathe deeply and slowly.

The third step is to congratulate yourself! You've made a big breakthrough.

The fourth step is to start telling yourself how good you are, and continually reinforce how well you're doing.

Breaking old habits isn't easy, but when you're aware of your thoughts you become very powerful. You can choose to change your mood by following these four steps - and I know you will feel instantly happier.

If you want to choose happiness over frustration and sadness - get in touch to discuss how a ZPoint Session can help you. You can also get the Kindle eBook on the right to download a full, recorded Session, so that you can release your stress every day, and feel the difference that relaxation brings to everything you do.

If I can change from someone who used to want to throw the computer out of the window, to someone who can experience crashes, viruses, black screens where it won't even start without any screaming or hair pulling - then I know ZPoint can help you too!

"Every waking moments we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thoughts we communicate to ourselves, in turn control the way we feel and act." ~ John Lembo

"If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up." ~ Deepak Chopra